Why Housing Demand Increases Costs And Not Quantities
In short, because of land-use restrictions. From a great post by Alex Tabarrok in Marginal Revolution. "Why has housing become so...
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Quang Truong
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Katerra and Le Corbusier, or: A Better Definition of Innovation, Part 2
What can both Katerra and Le Corbusier teach us about how to define innovation in architecture? I remember when I was working at Richard...
Quang Truong
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Zoned and Confused
"By regulating what gets built and where, [zoning] sets the basic spatial parameters of where and thus how we live, work, play,...
Quang Truong
Jun 7, 20221 min read
Spot the opportunity.
What matters is not just what's there. It's what could be there. But how do you figure out what could be there? Knowing the zoning rules...
Quang Truong
May 31, 20226 min read
Featured Customer: Design Research Office (DRO)
"At the end of the day DRO is focused on delivering high quality buildings but recognizes that architects today increasingly need to step...
Quang Truong
May 23, 20222 min read
Better, Part 2: Lessons from Rafael Nadal
I use the word 'better' a lot. UrbanForm's mission is to support and empower the people trying to make better buildings, cities, and...
Quang Truong
May 15, 20224 min read
Featured Customer: Bora Architects
"My hope is that we broaden the perspectives we hold as designers and the tools that we use to engage the communities we serve." - Brian...
Quang Truong
May 9, 20221 min read
Better, Part 1: Why Curiosity and Optimism Should Be the Drivers
If you feel that buildings can’t get any better than they already are, then there’s no reason to do anything differently from how they’ve...
Quang Truong
May 2, 20221 min read
We are pleased to announce the launch of UrbanForm Seattle
Starting today, UrbanForm now provides accurate zoning information, instantly available online, to facilitate development, design, and...
Quang Truong
Apr 25, 202210 min read
Featured Customer: SQFT Studios
"We’re doing anything we can to try to help the housing crisis and really move the needle on that by adding density to the city of...
Quang Truong
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Why We Need a Better Definition of Innovation in Architecture, Part 1: Because of Guggenheim
In 2014, Guggenheim launched a massively ambitious design competition for a new museum in Helsinki, Finland. All architecture lovers know...
Quang Truong
Apr 11, 20225 min read
Featured customer: Abe Design Group
"My dream is to work in Portland and the greater Pacific Northwest on passive house projects that combine both modern and traditional...
Quang Truong
Apr 6, 20222 min read
We don't talk about zoning, no, no, no
My least favorite part about being an architect? Doing the zoning. Thousands of pages of text, tables, maps, charts, and formulas that...
Quang Truong
Apr 3, 202214 min read
Featured Customer: Habitat for Humanity
Our second featured customer needs almost no introduction: Habitat for Humanity. UrbanForm co-founder and CEO Quang Truong had a...
Quang Truong
Mar 27, 20221 min read
UrbanForm Seattle is now available
It's a ‘soft launch’. We’re happy to announce the ‘soft launch’ of UrbanForm Seattle today, taking the same power to communicate...
Quang Truong
Mar 19, 202224 min read
Featured Customer: YBA Architects
“Thinking about projects from the standpoint of how the design enhances the everyday lives of people is a very noble endeavor.” - Alex...
Quang Truong
Mar 11, 20221 min read
International Women's Day 2022
We'd like to shine a spotlight on UrbanForm's co-founder, Anna Shakotko. Anna has an MBA from INSEAD and a degree in economics from the...
Quang Truong
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Are Use Classifications Outdated?
For the past couple of years, many office spaces sat empty while residential spaces became our de facto offices. The zoning specifically...
Quang Truong
Mar 3, 20221 min read
We Love Architects
We built UrbanForm because we love architecture, and we believe in the power of architects to shape our environment for the better. Image...
Quang Truong
Feb 15, 20222 min read
UrbanForm Is Better Than 'Back-Of-The-Envelope'
Zoning is so complicated that most of the time a 'back-of-the-envelope' calculation is done to figure out development capacity: i.e., get...
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